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Wordle
A pictoral summary of my words on this page, to date. Ratio proportionate to word frequency. From Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/
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Jack O'Pierce
SWEET!
In Austin, Oct. 3&4 at Cactus Cafe.
In Houston, Oct. 11, at Warehouse Live
in Denver, Oct. 18, at Soiled Dover Underground
In Dallas, Nov. 21 & 22, at House of Blues.
Ahhh...sweet college day memories of crushing on Jack O'Pierce with Sandra.
Warm gentle Texas rain brought this JoP song to mind tonight:
Silent rows of strength the men stood clear
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Dream Theater Progressive Nation Tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm *hoping* there are more dates that just aren't published yet, that are closer to TX. But if not, does anyone wanna buy me a ticket to NYC for May 21 or 22? =) I would say Tampa in June 1, but I have to be in CO the next day...
DREAM THEATER'S “PROGRESSIVE NATION 2008”
featuring OPETH, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME and 3
North American Tour Dates
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New Neal Stephenson in September
From Slashdot, via Bob:
Lev Grossman writes to tell us that Neal Stephenson, author of greats like Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, has another novel due for release in September. The catalogue copy gives us a small glimpse at what may be in store: "Since childhood, Raz has lived behind the walls of a 3,400-year-old monastery, a sanctuary for ( Read more... ) -
getting there
If you can't climb a mountain, climb a hill
Anything's better than standing still
Wherever there's a way there's a will
Little by little, you get there.
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Last Lecture
If you haven't seen it, this is the lecture given by Dr. Randy Pausch. When diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, he gave this final lecture to his Carnegie Mellon students:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7420438128338127129 -
What happens when you drink a Coke
http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/?p=140
Excerpt:
When somebody drinks a Coke watch what happens…
- In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
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Bookmooch!
So one of my favorite fellow-students, a young lady with all sorts of attitude and style, gave me a high compliment when she sent this email to me today:
http://www.bookmooch.com/
"All about keeping waste down to a minimum. Welcome to Book Mooch- a product service system set for precisely for ( Read more... ) -
Vegan Lasagna Recipe
"Meaty" Vegan Lasagna
Tofu filling:
3/4 lb. firm tofu
1/2 T onion powder
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. basil
1/4 t. garlic powder
Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP) Filling:
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World Ninja Day
A friend posted this on a bulletin today:
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so i was listening to NPR this morning and apparently it's world ninja day!!!
so get out the black and KILL KILL KILL!!!!! (but be very sneaky about it)
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